Word: bryan
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...various debating societies in the university are now well under way for the year. Three political debating clubs have been started in the sophomore class bearing the names of McKinley, Palmer and Bryan respectively. The Yale Union held its first meeting of the year last Friday. Col. Stephen W. Nickerson of Boston, president of the Massachusetts Bimetallic Union, delivered a lecture on "Bimetalism" yesterday evening under the auspices of the Yale Union...
...Bryan should be elected...
...stand against these evils; (1) he is backed by monopolists; (2) he is pledged to class legislation, i. e., protection; (3) he is pledged to single gold standard; (4) he would be powerless to act if he wished to; (x) silverites will certainly control the Senate. II. Election of Bryan will bring relief. (A) Bryan is opposed to monopolies; (B) Bryan is opposed to class legislation-protection. (C) Bryan would remedy scarcity of currency. (1) Free coinage of silver would remove excessive demand for gold...
...references: Taussig: Silver Situation; Schurz-Altgelt Debate, Boston Transcript, Sept. 21; Ex-President Harrison: Speech, Carnegie Hall, N. Y.; Bourke Cochran: Speech, Sound Money League Publication; Ex-Senator Edmunds: Speech, Phila. Ledger, Sept. 8; Forum, Aug. Sept. Oct. 1896; Platform, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1896; Speeches of William J. Bryan, July...
...agricultural products because of greatly increased acreage (Bradstreet's Report, 1895). (b) Wages and money incomes have not fallen since 1873 (Report of Sen. Comm. on Finance, 1891). (4) The silver dollar would not rise to a parity with gold. (a) The U. S. would not, as Bryan asserts, buy an ounce of silver, but simply coin all silver presented, and return it to owner. (b) All history shows that the unlimited coinage of an article has never been able to raise it to a level with gold, the market price having been beneath gold (Fiske: Critical Period of Amer...